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Elsholtzia is a plant genus in the Lamiaceae (mint family). It is widespread across much of temperate and tropical Asia from Siberia south to China, Northeastern India, Indonesia, etc. The genus was named in honour of the Prussian naturalist Johann Sigismund Elsholtz.

Species

GENUS

  1. KingdomPlantae
  2. PhylumTracheophyta
  3. ClassMagnoliopsida
  4. OrderLamiales
  5. FamilyLamiaceae
Native toAfghanistan, Altay, Amur, Assam, Bangladesh, Buryatiya, Cambodia, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Chita, East Himalaya
Observations recorded25,155

General: ) recognizes three sections: Sect. Elsholtzia with spikes usually

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
255
With media
157
Family
Lamiaceae
Collections
US, A, GH
Recorded in
China

Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Elsholtzieae
Image
Warsaw Uniwersity Botanical Garden elsholtzia stauntonii.jpg
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Elsholtzia
taxon name
Elsholtzia
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genus
topic's main category
Category:Elsholtzia
taxon common name
香薷属
has fruit type
nucule
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Elsholtzia is a plant genus in the Lamiaceae (mint family). It is widespread across much of temperate and tropical Asia from Siberia south to China, Northeastern India, Indonesia, etc. The genus was named in honour of the Prussian naturalist Johann Sigismund Elsholtz. Species Elsholtzia amurensis Prob. - Amur region of Russia Elsholtzia angustifolia (Loes.) Kitag. - Korea, Manchuria Elsholtzia argyi H.Lév. - southern China, Vietnam Elsholtzia beddomei C.B.Clarke ex Hook.f. - Myanmar, Thailand Elsholtzia blanda (Benth.) Benth. - southern China, Himalayas, Indochina, Sumatra, Viet Nam Elsholtzia bodinieri Vaniot - Guizhou, Yunnan Elsholtzia byeonsanensis M.Kim - South Korea Elsholtzia capituligera C.Y.Wu - Tibet, Sichuan, Yunnan Elsholtzia cephalantha Hand.-Mazz. - Sichuan Elsholtzia ciliata (Thunb.) Hyl. - widespread across Siberia, Russian Far East, China, India, Himalayas, Japan, Korea, Indochina Elsholtzia communis (Collett & Hemsl.) Diels - Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam Elsholtzia concinna Vautier - Nepal, Sikkim, Bhutan Elsholtzia cyprianii (Pavol.) C.Y.Wu & S.Chow - central + southern China Elsholtzia densa Benth. - India, Pakistan, Nepal, Bhutan, Afghanistan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Tibet, Xinjiang, China, Mongolia Elsholtzia eriocalyx C.Y.Wu & S.C.Huang - southern China Elsholtzia eriostachya (Benth.) Benth. - China, Tibet, Himalayas Elsholtzia feddei H.Lév - China, Tibet Elsholtzia flava Benth. - China, Himalayas Elsholtzia fruticosa (D.Don) Rehder - China, Himalayas, Tibet, Myanmar Elsholtzia glabra C.Y.Wu & S.C.Huang - China Elsholtzia griffithii Hook.f - Myanmar, Assam Elsholtzia hallasanensis Y.N.Lee - Jeju-do Island in Korea Elsholtzia heterophylla Diels - Yunnan, Myanmar Elsholtzia hunanensis Hand.-Mazz. - southern China Elsholtzia kachinensis Prain - southern China, Myanmar, Thailand Elsholtzia litangensis C.X.Pu & W.Y.Chen - Sichuan Elsholtzia luteola Diels - Sichuan, Yunnan Elsholtzia minima Nakai - Jeju-do Island in Korea Elsholtzia myosurus Dunn - Sichuan, Yunnan Elsholtzia nipponica Ohwi - Japan Elsholtzia ochroleuca Dunn - Sichuan, Yunnan Elsholtzia oldhamii Hemsl. - Taiwan Elsholtzia penduliflora W.W.Sm - Yunnan, Thailand, Vietnam Elsholtzia pilosa (Benth.) Benth. - China, Himalayas, Myanmar, Vietnam Elsholtzia pubescens Benth. - Java, Bali, Lombok, Timor, Sulawesi Elsholtzia pygmaea W.W.Sm. - Yunnan Elsholtzia rugulosa Hemsl - southern China, Myanmar, Thailand Elsholtzia serotina Kom - northern China, Japan, Korea, Primorye Elsholtzia souliei H.Lév. - Sichuan, Yunnan Elsholtzia splendens Nakai ex F.Maek. - China, Korea Elsholtzia stachyodes (Link) Raizada & H.O.Saxena - Indian Subcontinent, China, Myanmar Elsholtzia stauntonii Benth. - northern China Elsholtzia strobilifera (Benth.) Benth. - China, Himalayas, Myanmar Elsholtzia winitiana Craib - Yunnan, Guangxi, Laos, Thailand, Vietnam

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